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|conventional_long_name = Republic of Takatta Loa
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* Isi Loa
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'''Takatta Loa''', officially known as the '''Republic of Takatta Loa''', is a nation approximately 254,350 miles in area and located on the subcontinent [[Vallos]], which is located on [[Sarpedon]]. Takatta Loa is predominantly wet, tropical rainforest, with a seasonal monsoon. The environment makes for an exceptionally biodiverse region, with many of the indigenous plants and animals being found only elsewhere on Vallos and nowhere else in the world. It shares a border with its northern neighbor of [[Almadaria]].
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Modern day Takatta Loa is a constitutional theocracy, with the Order of Natano being the official rulers of the republic, but holding mostly ceremonial powers and very limited legislative powers. The four legislative Houses, divided broadly into Open (elected officials) and Closed (hereditary or very limited electorate), hold the powers of government. In particular, the Open Houses are the primary legislative, administrative and security focused bodies while the Closed Houses form the national budget and oversee healthcare and education. All four of the legislative houses are involved in the legislative voting process, however.
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The '''United Angle States''', also called '''Anglei''', is a country in [[Levantia]], located north of the Ionian Mountains and south of the [[Vandarch]]. It is a member of the [[Levantine Union]]. Ænglish people permanently settled the territory of modern Anglei during the 7th century, establishing a border {{wp|March (territory)|march}} under the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. The March, later elevated to the Kingdom of Angla, enjoyed a place of prominence in central [[Levantia]] during the 14th and 15th centuries, but entered a period of instability and religious upheavel during [[The Anarchy]]. Becoming one of the first Protestant states following the {{wp|Protestant Reformation}}, Angla's mounting tensions witht he [[Emperor of the Levantines]] lead to the [[Nordmontaine War]], when the Kingdom of Angla was partitioned into its constituent duchies and divided into the [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]] and [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Following the war and subsequent [[Great Confessional War]], Anglei was depopulated as many Protestant Ænglish people were deported abroad by the end of the 1500s. The divided country spent much of the next three centuries rebuilding and growing, only surpassing its pre-war population in 1780. The five independent duchies which previously made up the core region of Angla retained its strong [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]] identity and were eventually the home of Ænglish nationalism in the 19th century. The unification of the duchies were permitted by the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] in part due to rising sentiments of [[Burgophobia]], as many [[Derian people]] and Ænglish people alike believed a potential invasion of the duchies by [[Yonderre]] was imminent. The five duchies became the United Angle States in 1884 by the [[Concordat of Donnebourg]], which was affirmed by the [[Imperial Diet]]. The same year, Anglei became a free state within the Holy Levantine Empire. Anglei later joined the [[Levantine Union]] after the [[Second Great War]].
The Empire of Takatta Loa was a rump state of the [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] proxy-colony of the same name, and was the direct predecessor of modern day Takatta Loa. Founded in 1699 and collapsing in 1875, the Empire at one point held all of southern Vallos before much of the colonial territory broke free following the death of Empress Tia'atiauela II, the second empress. Throughout the late 1700s and 1800s, the Empire underwent an intense process of "Loafication" wherein the mainland populations were forced to adopt Loa writing, language and culture. However, this period also resulted in significant religious development of the indigenous [[Kapuhenasa]], which led to the development of organized and advanced entomantic orders. Modern Takatta Loa was officially founded in 1897 by Incarnate Toato Ani of the Order of Natano following the collapse of the Empire and the resulting [[Takatta Civil War]]. At the time, it was functionally an absolute theocracy with the Order regulating all aspects of life to conform to its political theology, and it also resulted in the freedom of Takatta Loa from Kiravian influence. Bolstered by sudden economic freedom, the Order sought to advance the economy beyond the previous plantations that served to enrich Kiravia. Although economic diversification was successful, significant political oppression resulted in the [[October Rebellion]] of 1952 which nearly overthrew the Order. After the death of Incarnate Ngatono in 1967, his successor Incarnate Sunuata began to negotiate with significant revolutionaries, royalty and the other influential entomantic orders. In 1970, the state was offically converted into the modern Republic of Takatta Loa and the Order of Natano relegated to largely ceremonial functions.


Takatta Loa boasts a diverse and still developing economic market. One of the largest industries in the nation is shipping, with Takatta Loa having some of the most robust shipping yards in the world. Further, agriculture still forms a significant portion of income, although it has been largely modernized. In particular, Takatta Loa is the largest producer of ginger and coconut in the world, bringing in around 1.5 and 26 billion taler respectively, and is a very significant producer of the cola used in [[Imperial Cola]], as well as having the oldest bottling plant located outside of [[Paulastra]]. The nation also produces 84% of the world's supply of [[Copium]], which is mostly exported to other countries with a marginal amount remaining in Takatta Loa. There is additionally a very large tourism industry in Takatta Loa, bringing in an estimated 50 billion taler a year. There is an especially large focus on [[Cartadania]], with Cartadanians recieving free tourist visas and the travel company [[LoaMajeste]] aggressively lobbying and advertising in Cartadania for travel to Takatta Loa. Especially, the island of [[Jennasura]] has been developed specifically to attract tourist, to the detriment of the indigenous [[Non-Loa Natives|non-Loa polynesians]]. Currently, there is much development going into the production and research of pharmaceuticals, with [[Rehangi Pharmaceuticals]] being founded and based in Takatta Loa. However, not all economic advancement has been distributed evenly, with the region of [[Akanatoa]] receiving significantly less attention than others. This has resulted in a large drug and arms trade occurring out of Akanatoa. The [[Hoa'akalra Cartel]] in particular has demonstrated separatist tendencies, resulting in the [[Akanatoa War]].
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Over the course of its history, the territory today known as Anglei was given various official and unofficial names including Angla, Ænglaland, Ænglia, and Ænglasmarch/Ænglishmarch, the origin of the modern state of [[Ænglasmarch]] in [[Urcea]]. All of these names were used in official titles during the Kingdom period, with the simplified ''Angla'' being the most common. For historiographical purposes, "Ænglishmarch" became the common term to refer to the march period and "Angla" to refer to the Kingdom period, but these historical conventions largely began in the mid-20th century. The term ''Anglei'', the [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] term for the area, entered common use following the partition of the unified Ænglish state in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. The term, originating in neighboring [[Yonderre]], became the conventional name for the area due to both local acceptance as well as common map appellation by the mid-1700s. Although the official name of the country was the "United Angle States", in part not to indicate greater territorial claims to Ænglish irredenta, the term "Anglei" remains the common shorthand name of the country and has been increasingly used in official correspondence since the end of the [[Second Great War]].


==History==
===Polynesian Settlement===
The earliest definitive evidence of Polynesian habitation in Vallos dates back to around 1500 BCE, with remnants of distinctly Polynesian house posts being found on the island of Kakurana. The obscure indigenous people of Vallos left little evidence of their housing structures, leaving behind only pottery and arrowheads and axheads, so the emergence of Polynesian post holes in the archeological record is often used to track the advancement of Polynesian culture. As the ancient Polynesians advanced across southern Vallos, native Vallosi arrowheads and axe heads disappeared while Vallosi pottery styles remain and in some cases persist to this day, indicating that the cultural knowledge of indigenous Vallosi women survived in contrast to that of men. Although much of southern Vallos, especially along the rivers, practiced settled agriculture, examinations of middens show a significant amount of foraged game in the diet, suggesting a division of labor along gender lines with women farming and men hunting.
These historical developments align well with the "Vallosi Saga" theory, which states that the Polynesians were met with violence and repelled from Vallos, with later "invasions" of Polynesians supplanting the indigenous Vallosi. Both genetic testing and archeological evidence show that Vallosi women were often integrated and assimilated, with up to 60% of Loa having a significant Vallosi contribution to their mitochondrial DNA, in contrast to Vallosi men who left a very small genetic footprint. An exception is that of the Loa Islands, with many individuals having no Vallosi contribution. Archeological evidence suggests Kakurana and its neighboring islands were uninhabited, and that perhaps the voyages of the Saga theory took place between what would become the Loa Islands and the Vallosi mainland.
The above-mentioned "Vallosi Saga" project collected oral traditions from across Takatta Loa and southern Vallos and examined for examples of cultural continuity indicating potential historical value. The project led to the aforementioned conclusions of invasion, repellation and later return and supplantation. However, multiple differences were noted between the arrival stories of the Loa and Loa influenced cultures vs the non Loa stories, cementing some of the earliest examples of distinction between the Loa and other Polynesian groups. The typical arrival story tends to have a chieftain or chieftains who sets off on a voyage, often meeting mythological sea creatures along the way, until he arrives in Vallos. There, he encounters settled agriculture and in many stories integrates into a village typically through some great feat of heroism. However, eventually the chieftain and his crew are driven back into the sea where many of them die on the voyage back to the home islands. The chieftain swears vengeance and returns with an army to conquer the Vallosi. This aligns with the Saga theory and although names and details differ across traditions and cultures, this broad archetype remains the same. However, the Loa arrival story differs dramatically in that the Loa apparently are a later Polynesian arrival to Vallos. As such, they arrive on the island of Kakurana and encounter fellow Polynesians. Most notably, the Loa arrived under the guidance of a queen. Whether or not this is the origin of Loa pseudo-matriarchal society or whether Loa society later informed their own origin story is still the cause of much historical debate. Regardless, the Loa story concludes with the queen killing the native king after pretending to become his consort and supplanting his village. All Loa influenced cultures also tend to modify their own arrival stories, with the chieftain dying just after making it home and his queen setting off to avenge him. Experts tend to dismiss these stories as being directly influenced by the Loa and by 19th century attempts to enforce 'Loafication' on the mainland cultures, to evident success.
===Polynesian Establishment===
The period of Polynesian settlement lasted from 1500 to 500 BCE and generally ends with the last significant emergence of Polynesian archeological records in a region, which usually also entailed Polynesian supplantation of the native population. By the 5rd century BCE, wet rice agriculture had become standard across all riverine cultures, resulting in significant increase of Polynesian populations. Although there is no mention or evidence of cultivation of crops besides coconut, ginger and taro in the Polynesian records, the very quick adoption of wet rice agriculture indicates that the new invaders were familiar enough with agriculture to understand the value of rice, as well as the survival of Vallosi women's culture and work.
Polynesian began to diverge at this time into two very broad cultural distinctions, that of settled riverine agriculturalists and nomadic highland groups of either shifting agriculturalists or hunter gatherers. Both oral records and archeological evidence suggests that Polynesians waged significant warfare as their population moved into the highlands, likely from the last remnants of the southern Vallosi. One battle site yielded a total of 3,500 abandoned arrowheads, almost certainly from the same conflict, as well as large amounts of ash concentrated in one area, presumed to be a large Vallosi village. By 200 BCE, the last of the Vallosi are thought to have been supplanted, although small groups are known to have survived until the 1200s, though there remains no evidence of indigenous Vallosi survival. This also marks the beginning of the Polynesian Iron Age, thought to have originated via trade with the Occident.
The presumed reasons for this expansion into areas previously undesired by the new settlers are unclear though Loa scholars have reconstructed a theory of "Highland Transition"' based on riverine archeological sites in mainland Takatta Loa and examination of oral traditions. Evidence suggests that after settling into the lowlands and establishing wet rice agriculture, the Polynesians experienced an unprecedented population boom. The Transition theory suggests that these later Polynesians preserved a cultural response derived from island habitation of voyaging away to settle new lands. However, with Vallos being far larger than any island and with many of these populations being landlocked, the so called "voyagers" led expeditions to lands unsettled by the Polynesians, the highlands. However, the theory also suggests that these voyages were far less successful at establishing larger settlements and so many voyagers attempted to return home. Previous systems of agricultural management were unprepared to accommodate the large population, and so a widespread collapse of populations forced many to flee into the highlands due to famine or war. This incidentally resulted in a fulfilling of the settlement archetype laid out in oral traditions of centuries past, and potentially cementing the story tradition as a fundamental aspect of Polynesian culture even among landlocked groups that had never seen the sea.
===Polynesian Iron Age===
Lasting from about 200 BCE to 1000 CE, the Polynesian Iron Age is marked by significant growth and development of Polynesian culture including the establishment of large confederacies and literacy. By 200 CE, evidence of population recovery and successful establishment of highland Polynesians began to emerge. Further, oral traditions begin to gain more reliability and a more accurate picture of Polynesian life at this time can be constructed.
Urban culture advanced significantly during this time and in what would become Takatta Loa, three prominent cities emerged; Disadako, Arai'ia and Husnande (Husunanude in Old Insuo Loa). Each founded around 300 BCE, they were some of the largest economic centers in southern Vallos at the time. Nearly 70,000 people lived in Arai'ia at the time. Although no written records exist during this time, oral traditions record that each city tended to have around three to five kings who vied for power and control. Archeological excavations in the site of Arai'ia and in modern day Disa'adakuo have revealed palaces with many jade and turquoise regalia. These palatial cultures seem to have been the primary administrative centers of the city, but there were often many contemporaneous palaces in a single city, indicating perhaps joint rulership. In addition, separate palaces were associated with specific luxury goods, such as jade materials or a predominant focus on earrings. These have been used to define the extent of a palace’s influence as such artifacts are found in small shrine-like buildings elsewhere in a region, indicating perhaps an extension of the clan spirits and thus the palace’s power. They can also be used to define the length of time a particular palace ruled.
==Geography==
==Geography==


==History==
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The permanent settlement of the region by the ancestors of the [[Ænglish people]] occurred in the late 7th century, although Ænglish people had alternatively raided and settled portions of [[Great Levantia]] since at least the 4th century. Recognizably Ænglish principalities formed and exerted pressure on the northmost members of the [[Latin League]], with settling Ænglish warlords and tribes beginning to settle in previously [[Latinic people|Latinic]] cities, ruling over Latinics and intermarrying with them. The oncoming Ænglish people also extensively feuded with the [[Garán people]] of what would later become [[Carolina]]. The area later became loosely part of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] under [[Conchobar I, Emperor of the Levantines]] and then part of the [[Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines|Eastern]] and [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines|Western Kingdoms of the Levantines]] beginning in 917. The later fall of the Western Kingdom lead to consistent Gothic incursions into the newly reformed Holy Levantine Empire beginning in 965; the non-Christianized Goths indiscriminately targeted border populations of the Empire, leading to decades of fighting between the Ænglish and Goths.
 
===Marcher period===
===Ecology===
In 1042, Emperor Leo II issued a Golden Bull reorganizing what would later become Anglei into the Ænglish March in order to provide a firmer border defense for the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]]. The newly created March encompassed all lands settled by Ænglish people in addition to all other western border territories not part of [[Carolina]]. Duke of Holchester Edmund Æthelsbert, previously a vassal of the Emperor under the Kingdom of Dericania, was elevated to Margrave of the Ænglish and given Imperial immediacy. Margrave Edmund I would become a semi-mythic figure responsible for the full transition from nomadic conquest to a proud, settled people, although most historians suggest that the Ænglish were largely in place before the establishment of the March. Regardless, Margrave Edmund I established a number of important alliances and established the Margraviate as a prestigious member of the Empire.
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==Government and Politics==
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===Education===
 
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===Attitudes and worldview===


Edmund I's grandson, Margrave Cuthbert I, began work on a series of fortifications on the border with [[Gothica]] that would eventually become known as the [[Anglasweorc]] in 1121. The initial Anglasweorc included watchtowers along the March's river borders as well as a series of earthworks along land borders and a sparse variety of fortifications and the antecedents of castles. The Anglasweorc would continually be expanded and improved over the next three centuries and would become Anglei's most iconic structure.
===Kinship and family===


By the end of the 12th century, the [[Anglasweorc]] had been expanded into a series of castles and adaptations of old [[Great Levantia|Great Levantine]] border defenses. The strength of the Anglasweorc allowed the March to begin charging large tolls to Gothic traders seeking to do business within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], and also eventually allowed the Ænglish to begin exacting tribute from neighboring [[Gothic people|Gothic]] tribes and enforcing peaceful movement of peoples along the border. The influx of tolls and tribute - along with the end of the raiding threat - lead to the March becoming prosperous and prestigious, with the Margrave's court becoming a center of art, fashion, and science. Accordingly, 1200 is traditionally established as the beginning of the "Ænglish golden age".
===Cuisine===


===Kingdom period===
===Religion===
In 1278, the power and prestige of the expanded March was such that the Emperor of the Levantines elevated the Margrave of the Ænglish to royal dignity, creating the Kingdom of Angla, also sometimes referred to as "Anglia", "Ænglia", or "Ænglaland" and typically referred to internally as the "Kingdom of the Ænglish". Wilfred I was crowned as first King of the Ænglish that year. During this period, the [[Anglasweorc]] was continually improved upon in multiple phases. The wealth of the Ænglish allowed them to focus more on the internal politics of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and expand further south and east.


In 1464, the [[Ultmar Crusade]] was largely complete, creating the predecessor of modern [[Yonderre]]. The creation of this crusader state ended more than five centuries of the Ænglish serving as the western protectors of Christendom and the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and significantly disrupted the fortunes of the Ænglish as the flow of tribute and toll revenue dried up. The considerable expense of maintaining the [[Anglasweorc]], previously offset by Gothic revenue, lead to its gradual abandonment beginning in 1480 and eventual ruin. The major disruption to Ænglish politics and society exacerbated the growth of religious upheaval within the Kingdom and brought an end to the "Ænglish golden age".
===Arts and Literature===


Religious upheaval and disagreement dominated Angla throughout much of the 15th and 16th centuries within the greater context of [[The Anarchy]]. The Kingdom was the site of a major civil war between orthodox Catholics and utraquists from the 1460s onward. The lack of religious cohesion lead to the rise of other Catholic heresies throughout the Kingdom, creating an environment of considerable skepticism towards Catholic orthodoxy. Many novel Christian sects rose and were subsequently destroyed in the 1470s and 1480s. Although the Ultraquist War ended in 1488, the religious upheaval allowed proto-Protestants and, later, early Protestant reformers to make large converts among the Ænglish population. Consequently, the Kingdom was among the first realms to convert to Protestantism, as King Godwin II embraced it in 1523. By 1530, most modern scholars estimate a full sixty percent of Ænglish within the Kingdom were Protestant, though inter-Protestant disputes soon continued the century of religious disagreements and occasional violence that plagued the Kingdom.
===Sports===


===Divided states period===
===Symbols===
===Unification and modern period===




Anglei declared its neutrality in the [[Second Fratricide]], declaring it a "[[Derian people|Derian]] internal matter", and remained neutral with the conflict's escalation into the [[Second Great War]]. Despite its neutrality, the country was invaded by the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] on April 14th and capitulated on April 17th. The country remained occupied until the [[Treaty of Corcra]] ended the Levantine theater of the war. Throughout the occupation, the country's neutral status was maintained and occupying forces were primarily concerned with ensuring military and supply transit through the country as well as the open status of the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]]. Although the occupation was unpopular, no significant resistance efforts began during the war and the withdrawal of Urcean forces proceeded largely without incident.
==Economy and Infrastructure==


The occupation inaugurated a short period of diplomatic isolation during the [[Second Great War]], but at the end of the conflict the country reestablished relations with its Levantine neighbors. It was a founding member of the [[Levantine Union]]. Despite its Levantine Union membership, Anglei remained largely neutral during the [[Occidental Cold War]]. It took part in the international coalition against [[Varshan]] during the [[Final War of the Deluge]], contributing forces to both the [[Quetzenkel front]], [[Cetsencalia front]] and the [[Ehemoan front‎]] following the [[Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot]]. On the Quetzenkel front, Anglei launched the controversial and ultimately disastrous [[Quetzenkel_front#Cobalt_campaign_and_relief_efforts|Cobalt campaign]], the worst military defeat by an Ænglish state since the [[Nordmontaine War]]. The enormous loss of life during the campaign lead to a national identity crisis and inaugurated a period of military reform and increased outward facing identity, as many Ænglish interpreted the loss as being attributable to an outdated military and political mindset. After the end of the war, Anglei joined the [[Levantine_Union#Global_Defense_Corollary|Global Defense Corollary]] of the Levantine Union.
===Industries and Sectors===


==Government==
===Currency===
===Prince of the United Angle States===
The Prince of the United Angle States serves as the {{wp|constitutional monarch}} and {{wp|head of state}} of Anglei. The Prince's control over the military and apparatus of state is nominal, but retains an important role within the legislature. The Prince is responsible for choosing the party which will form a government and is responsible for assembling a governing majority within the Assembly.


The Prince of the United Angle States is a lifetime position like most other monarchies, but unlike many [[Levantia|Levantine]] monarchies it is an {{wp|elective monarchy}}. Upon the death of the Prince, ten thousand citizens are chosen at random to serve in a body called the "Principal Electorate". These citizens then elect from their number 300 members who serve as the "Council for Succession and the State of the Union", who are responsible for deliberating and choosing the next Prince. There are no limitations on who may serve as Prince (or Princess) other than being an individual who is a baptized member in good standing of the [[Levantine Catholic Church]] and is at least age 25. In practice, the House of Porter has ruled Anglei since its inception, though the Council has not always chosen along the line of direct {{wp|primogeniture}}. This system of succession has sometimes been referred to as "electoral sortition".
===Healthcare===
===Legislature===
===Local governance===
Anglei is divided into five states which were originally the five constituent integral duchies of the United Angle States upon its creation.


==Culture==


== Demographics ==
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=== Linguistic Demographics ===
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=== Religious Demographics ===


==Economy==
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==Military==
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